Other reports on the Trump “leak” related to the laptop bomb plot had suggested it was a spy which has planted into ISIS territory in a specific city, and that spy was initially reported as Israeli, though it was later suggested he was actually Jordanian.

Yet that too was a change in the narrative surrounding the laptop plot, as way back in March, US officials were suggesting that the bomb threat was from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), not ISIS, and that they’d uncovered the plot in the course of a January raid in Yemen.

The Yemen version of events likely was an attempt by US officials to justify a botched January raid, as since then officials, including President Trump, have publicly affirmed that the plot was an ISIS plot. The question then becomes whether it was a spy that infiltrated ISIS, as presented in previous reports, or a hacking operation.

If it was an Israeli hacking operation, as is now being reported, it makes even less sense for “leaking” that fact to Russia to have been a big deal, as it means there was no physically infiltrated spy to be accidentally outed by the intelligence sharing, and indeed no one would’ve known at all, outside of Russian officials, had the “leak” not become such a cause celebre among former officials looking to make it into an issue.

We can be sure the Russians don’t consider Israel a friend when Israel doesn’t even tell them ISIS intends to explode laptops on commuter planes. Especially given the memory of Metrojet Flight 9268 which claimed the lives of 224.

Exactly. If Trump told the Russians, it was part of information sharing on ISIS which is exactly what we want Trump to do. The Russians are hardly going to tell ISIS that Israel hacked them. And if Israel really is against ISIS – which we know they’re not – they should already be sharing that intel with Russia.

Another disinformation campaign against Trump conducted by the US intelligence agencies.

Poor Donald…you do realize that it seems like 80% of the “statements” from within the Trump Administration are contradicted by The Donald within 12 hours or so. Makes one wonder who is responsible for “disinformation.”

But, on the other hand, those who believe whatever The Donald says is “gospel” and are not inclined to put much value in whatever anyone else has to say, inside the administration or not, then those who have a different set of “facts” – sometimes even backed up by verifiable “facts” – which The Donald usually doesn’t provide – they are taken by the koolade drinkers as liars and unpatriotic.

My point: regardless of who says what, until we, as Americans, give up our ideological proclivities and start thinking for ourselves, demanding proof before accepting “statements” as valid, we will never heal the wounds inflicted on our society by those who don’t want the American people to understand what is going on.

The goal of the prevaricators is to divide (and conquer) the American people, making them that much easier to control and manipulate – usually for goals which we would not likely believe acceptable given access to the “real” truth rather than the “alternative” truth.